Amusement device.



l. A. FISHER.

ANIUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION man MAY 16. 19|e.

' Patented May 29, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.,

Atforneys J'ON A. FISHER, OF HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification ot Letters Patent.

Patented nay 29, 1917.

Application filed Hay 16, 1916. Serial No. 97,895.

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Bc 1t known that l, JOIIN A. Fisnsn, a

`citizen. of the United States, ,residing at lllomestead, in the cou'nty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and. useful Aniusement Device, .of which the following is a spec'ilication.

rl`he object ol' the invention is to provide an amusement apparatus affording novel lsensations to the passengers, while affording;r the maximum security, combined with a simplicity of construction and arrangement securing the utmost facility in the matter of erection, while capable of ready disassemblenient for purposes of transportation.

'ith these aiid other objects in view as will be brought out in the following description, the invention consists in'a certain combination and arrangement of parts of which a preferred embodiment is .illustrated in the drawings, it being?r understood that various changes in the forni, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim Witboutxdeparting from the spirit of the invention. y

In the drawings li`igur`e l. is a plan view of a portion of an 'apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention. f

Fig. 2 is a 4p'erspeetive view showing two of the cars or carriers to illustrate the prep ferred arrangemr-ent of the controlling arms or eentripetal members. A

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view oi' the central portion of the central rotary member.

Fig. 4: isl a detail plan view of one of thc controller arms or eentripetal members.

carrier.

Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively.plan and side views of another modified i'orm. of con- .necton between the. controller arms or centripetalmei'nbers and. the c'ar or carrier. Fig. 10 is -aplan' yiew of another modi- -iplld construction of controller or centripetal member.

ln the construction .illustlrated, 4there is employed a central rotar'ymember` 20 sur rounded by an undailatoryA track or M haVing one or more rounded rises, and suitably banked as illustrated in Fig. 2

for the comfort of the passengers in the cars or carriers 22 which may beol"`4 any preferred form' or construction, the drawings Yillustrating the same as of the automobile type. The cars or carriers are connected with the 4central rotary member by means of controllers or centrlpetal members 23 which may be of various forms and constructions to permit of the cars or carriers traversing the track or runway, and adapting their positions to the surface of said track or run 'ayg while preventing tangenti-.11 displacement due to centrifugal action. 'loreover the points of connection of the inner ends of the controllers or centripetal members with the central rotary member. are below the horizontal plane of the lowerlnost portions of saidt 'ack or runway, so that the coinbined or opposed actions of the ears or carriers and the centripetal members during the operation ofthe apparatus, serve to draw the cars or carriers dmvnward upon aliddlold them firmly in contact with the track or runway. a

In the construction illustrated, the central rotary member embodies a vertical shaft or post il upon which is mounted a head 25 consisting of a terminally flanged sleeve 2G `to which are attached hollow brackets 27,:1 bearing collar 28 being arranged bclow said head and the latter being held against displacement upwardly by means of a nut or collar 29 which may be secured by a Set `screw or pin The 'adial bars or elements 31 of the rotary frame are bolted at their innernpper ends to the downwardly and outwardly inclined uppei surfaces of the brackets 27, and extend radiallyy and4 downwardly to a peripheral frame bal-532 to which are attached the inner ends of the controllers or centripctal members Q3, `said peripheral bar being, located as above noted,

below thehorizontal plane at the lowermost portions of the `track or runway.

Any suitable or preferred means for --lmpartngrotary` movement to the apparatus may be employed,-that is to say, an engins or other motive agent may be employed to turn` 'the' central. member and thereby through the controllers orcentripeta'l mem'- bersA impcrtmotionfto the cars or carriers,v

or one `orfmore of the cars or' carriers lmay be provided with traction means, neither plan however being illustrated'in vthe drawp ing, as the application thereof will `be ob' rotary frame and centripetal member-with the car or In Figs. l, 2-and 4 of the drawing there is illustrated a construction of controller or centripetal y member consisting of a trussed frame hingedly or pivotally con the peripheral bar of the tapered toward its o'uter a spindle 34 mounted in suitable 35 and hingedly or pivotally conouter end to the car or carrier neeted as at 33 to en d with bearings V nected at its as shown at 36, whereby: the rocking and or carrier, as it' traverses the track' or runway, are permt. inrconnecting the outer end.

other movements of the car ted. Moreover, of the trussed -framc 'of .the controller or carrier, there are employed guy members;37 pivotally connected at their inner ends at 38 and pivotally or hingedlyl connected atf'their outer-'ends as at 39 .to thelatter, each guy member consisting :oi''av plurality lof elementsv which are relatively-adjustable, to secure the desired tension, y means of turn buckles 4 0 or the like.v -It'will be .noted that ,the spindle or rocker' 3'4 permits of rocking or pitching movement of the car or-carrier, while the guy members serve td'prevent excessive-movement tending to canse-.the jump-- ing and 'arringof the carf'or carrier, the inner en s of thev guy -fmembers :3f/"bein pivotally mounted upona yhead -tlfon said spindleorrocker 34.-' Fig. 5 v of the drawings shows'a' modified form" of control-1er;0r Icentri'p'e'tal memberA consisting of spacedfiodsf orf' eler'nents` 42, h/ingedly or pivotally colmected at '..their inner ends 4 l of the'apparatus and havinga suitableloose ,or hinged` connection at `their outer ends the car `or carrier, 'a's shown're'specl ltively in Figs. 6 andi-7 and Figs. 8 and '9.

1 yoke 48,.tlie finterme In .'Figs. 6 and 7 the consti-notiertJ embodies a slotted `bracket ada da link' 45 nonne@- ingthe bracket with a or 'centrpetal member 47' directlyv engagmf- In 'Figi l0 there nis n illustratedI yanother modified form of: controller or -'centripetal member, wherein independent; `,elements 49 of truss'ed:construction'- are.employed, the 'connectionbetween-each; element and the "car f consistingofa spindle or rockerfmo'nted for rffx'iki'ng movement in thefbody portion@ "of 'saidelement 4and Vhingedly or pivotally connected-fat its outer carrier-f 1' It' wilflbenoted that thevarious members fnd"A eleinets-of'the apparatus may be' drawings,

as at 43 with the rotary member readilydisconnected for transportation, repair or replacement, and during the opera t1on of the device the effect of the arrangevment described is to positively and securely central member may be permitted without attendant risk to the occupants Yof the cars or carriers.' Also when, as illustrated 'in the a four wheeled vehicle is used as a car or carrier, saidA wheels may be ar'- ranged in such positions relative to the car as to traverse the track or runway without side motion orv sliding.

While stress has been laid upon the fact that the points of connection of the inner ends of the centripetal members are below the plane of the runway at its lowest point, it will be understood that the object is to secure a 'downward inclination of the said arms from their points -of connection with the cars -to the central rotary member. Therefore Athe points of connection with said rotary member should be below the plane of the points of eonneetionvwith the car when f the latter -is at the lowest point of the track or runway'.

It should also be Vnoted with. reference to the guy members 37 that they serve to pre-v vent the car or carrier from swinging outwardly or inwardly l and therefore tend to relieve the outer end of`- the spindle 34`of strain.

An amusement device embodying a velu tically undulatory annular track,cars `movable on said track, a rotary member located centrally of said track, tapered trussed centripetal frames extending radially from the rotary member and Vhaving their relatively Wide ends hinged to the rotary member to swing u wardly and downwardly, bearings carried y' said 'frames at theirr outer relatively narrow ends,`v radial 'spindles journaledin said bearings a-ndprojecting from the outer ends of said frames, the outer endsV ofgsaid spindles' being pivoted to .the cars to permit said cars'to swing upwardly and downwardly, heads upon sald spindles, and adjustable guy members pivotally connected to said heads and cars and diverging from said heads tothe cars. In testimony that I 'clagianwtheforegoing ture inthe presence oftwoywitnesses;- 'JOHN'ATFSISHER vvVVitnesse's: Y v i FRANK-A. Mnmrgrnr `JoigrN VVgSMARr f -1 y as jmy' own, I have heretoatlixed my signa-1; 1,29

on the track or runway 

